Wii Sports: Difference between revisions

You've probably already heard about ''Wii Sports''. If you're not into video games, then you probably heard the media, [[Cowboy Bebop Atat His Computer|getting it wrong as they always do]], referring to it as the [[Wii]] itself, not making a distinction between the game and the system that comes with it (but being bundled with the system doesn't help). If you are into video games, you of course already knew about it. And no matter who you are, you've probably already played it.

While ''Wii Sports'' is looked down upon by certain fanboys for its lack of depth ([[Tropes Are Not Bad|but for something like this, you don't need a plot]]), but for the motion sensing features of the controller and what it has done for video games, it has caused a big ripple effect that's still being felt today. Its [[Casual Game|easy-to-understand, pick-up-and-play nature]] has allowed people who don't play video games to get into it. Retirement centers are buying Wiis for the elderly to use, and use them they do. It's become the one video game that can be easily demonstrated to someone else when they ask you "why do you play video games? What makes them so fun?" Of course, by demonstrating a simplistic sports game, you're failing to capture the appeal of more complicated games like ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Videovideo Gamegame)|The Legend of Zelda]]''. But, much like ''[[Sailor Moon (Manga)|Sailor Moon]]'' was the "[[Gateway Series|gateway drug]]" for anime fans, ''Wii Sports'' is the same for video games.

Not surprisingly, ''Wii Sports'' also has the secondary effect of being associated with the Wii itself. Whenever elderly talk about "the Wii", they only mean "''Wii Sports''". They don't mean ''Excite Truck'', ''[[Super Mario Galaxy (Video Game)|Super Mario Galaxy]]'', or even ''[[Super Smash Bros (Video Game)|Super Smash Bros]] Brawl''. The Wii has become synonymous with ''Wii Sports'', and the general, non game-playing public won't bother to correct this mistake. Slightly more savvy players will likely simply refer to each game in the package as "''Wii (insert sport here)''".

The game seems to have spawned a series of games that is typically referred to as the "Wii series", games that are all named Wii "(insert something here)", that focus primarily on using Miis to play games, such as ''[[Wii Play]]'', ''[[Wii Music]]'', ''[[Wii Fit]]'', ''[[Wii Party]]'' and a true sequel, ''[[Wii Sports Resort]]'' that uses the newly introduced Wii Motion Plus accessory for more advanced control. ''[[Wii Fit]]'', ''[[Wii Sports Resort]]'', and ''[[Pilot WingsPilotwings]] Resort'' all feature Wuhu Island as their main setting.